Official Journal of the Italian Society of Orthopaedics and Traumatology
Table 1 Baseline characteristics of the cohort, surviving the follow-up (n = 410 patients,) returning the questionnaire completely filled out the DASH and QoL questionnaires
From: Functional and quality of life outcome after non-operatively managed proximal humeral fractures
Total cohort n = 410 | |
|---|---|
Agea | 70 ± 12.0 |
Age at fracturea | 62 ± 12.1 |
Male genderb | 65 (16%) |
Fracture at dominant limbb | 208 (52%) |
Parts of fractureb,c | |
2-partd | 136 (36%) |
3-part | 158 (40%) |
4-part | 97 (25%) |
Months since fracture | 89.7 ± 47.9 |
Smokingb | 57 (14%) |
Diabetes mellitusb | 33 (8.0%) |
Osteoporosisb,e | 102 (25%) |